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New York (N.Y.)

 Subject
Subject Source: Unspecified ingested source

Found in 85 Collections and/or Records:

FIT general historical material

 Sub-Group
Identifier: SC.FITA.0
Dates: 1944

FIT oral histories collection, 1967-2023

 sub-sub-series
Identifier: SC.FITA.3.20.4.9
Scope and Contents

This collection is comprised of oral history interviews with prominent twentieth- and twenty-first-century fashion industry businesspeople, designers, and artists, as well as members of the FIT faculty and staff.

Dates: 1967-2023

Ford Models, Inc. collection

 Collection
Identifier: SC.478
Scope and Contents

This collection is comprised of 32 folders containing the archives of the Ford Models, Inc. There are press clippings from 1936-2012, correspondence, public relations, Eileen Ford's speeches and book manuscripts, the Ford Book look books, as well personal information. Additionally there is more detailed information about Ford Models, Vendela, and Ted Dawson.

Dates: 1936-2014

Framed images, 1854

 box
Identifier: SC.505.1.1
Scope and Contents This box includes 7 daguerrotypes and 2 photographs. Daguerrotype formerly identified as RFC 0117: "Will J Demorest; 3x3.5; adorned cover with clasp. Cover unattached." Daguerrotype formerly identified as RFC 0118: "(Mme. Demorest, center) and 2 women; 3.5x4.5 adorned case with clasps. Inscribed on face: Olmed & zynawmn [sic]; cover unattached; on inside: 'Anson, 589 Broadway, N.Y.'." Daguerrotype formerly identified as RFC 0120: "William Jennings Demorest; 3x3.25, without cover; gold...
Dates: 1854

Frances Neady collection of original fashion illustrations

 Collection
Identifier: SC.187
Scope and Contents The Frances Neady collection of Original Fashion Illustrations was established in 1984 to honor its namesake, an inspirational teacher of fashion illustration. The collection encompasses over a century of fashion art. Its earliest example, a watercolor by Pierre Brissaud for Gazette du Bon Ton, is dated 1913. Among other artists represented in the collection are Eric (Carl Erickson), René Bouché, Dorothy Hood, George Stavrinos, and Antonio (Lopez). Donations to the collection come from...
Dates: Event: 1984; circa 1913-2019

Interior photographs, circa 1915

 Sub-Series
Identifier: SC.1.3.1
Scope and Contents

4 items - Interior photographs from New York and Chicago branches of Lucile Ltd

Dates: circa 1915

Interview of Losey Gavrik about his mother Elizabeth Hawes, 2016 September 12, 2016 September 12

 Item
Identifier: SC.FITA.3.20.4.9.10.19
Scope and Contents

In this interview, Rebecca Arnold interviews Gavrik Losey about his mother, American fashion designer Elizabeth Hawes.

Dates: 2016 September 12

Jamel Shabazz photographs

 Collection — Box 1
Identifier: SC.317
Scope and Contents 50 color and black and white photographs taken by Jamel Shabazz. Inspired by the photographic documentation of African American communities by James Van Der Zee and Leonard Freed, these photographs represent urban street fashion primarily in Brooklyn and Manhattan between 1980 and 2010. Most photographs have a date and location noted on verso. Locations include Harlem, Soho, Lower East Side, downtown Brooklyn, Flatbush and Ft. Greene.(The above scope note was copied from a...
Dates: 1980-2010

Jane Bixby Weller collection, 1939-1984

 Collection
Identifier: SC.416
Scope and Contents

This collection consists of illustrations, photographs, print materials, awards, and other ephemera relating to the career of American fashion illustrator Jane Bixby Weller.

Dates: 1939-1984

John Castagna, Lord & Taylor window collection

 Collection
Identifier: SC.504
Scope and Contents

This collection holds approximately 400 photographic prints, mostly black and white, depicting the store window displays of Lord & Taylor designed by John Castagna. Various photographers and photo studios are stamped on backs of photos. Most photos show ID numbers and dates. Donor Mr. Strangi stated that artist Dennis Abby was responsible for some backdrops painting in window displays.

Dates: circa 1960-1999